Flo Bojaj

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Florent Bojaj

| image = Flo Bojaj.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Florent Bojaj

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|4|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Hanwell Town

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013

| youthclubs1 = Boreham Wood

| youthyears2 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs2 = Huddersfield Town

| years1 = 2014–2017

| clubs1 = Huddersfield Town

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2016–2017

| clubs2 = → Kilmarnock (loan)

| caps2 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017

| clubs3 = → Newport County (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017

| clubs4 = Welling United

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017

| clubs5 = Walton & Hersham

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2018

| clubs6 = Pirin Blagoevgrad

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2018–2020

| clubs7 = Etar

| caps7 = 55

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2020–2022

| clubs8 = Kickers Offenbach

| caps8 = 60

| goals8 = 10

| years9 = 2022–2023

| clubs9 = Hemel Hempstead Town

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2023–

| clubs10 = Hanwell Town

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = Albania U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 12:21, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Florent "Flo" Bojaj (born 13 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hanwell Town. Born in England, he has represented Albania at youth international level.

Early life

Bojaj was born in London, England to Kosovo Albanian parents from Kosovo.

Club career

=Youth career=

Flo Bojaj started his youth career with Oxhey Wanderers in the West Herts County League, where he was spotted by manager Andrew Hood while playing for his school.

Bojaj went on to play for Boreham Wood, before signing for Huddersfield in 2013.

=Huddersfield Town=

Bojaj made several appearances for the Huddersfield Town Under-18s and Under-21s as both teams won their respective league titles for consecutive seasons.

On 29 October 2015, he signed a contract with the Terriers until 2017 – with the club having the option of an extra year.

After being named on the bench for a few games, Bojaj made his professional debut as a late substitute in Town's 2–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons, where he set up the second goal for Jamie Paterson. On 8 March 2016, Bojaj scored his first goal for Huddersfield, contributing the third in a 3–1 win over Reading.{{cite web|title=Huddersfield 3–1 Reading|work=BBC Sport |date=7 March 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35693598|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 March 2016}}

He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|title=Midfielder Whitehead offered new deal by Terriers|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/huddersfield-town/midfielder-whitehead-offered-new-deal-by-terriers-1-8576528|website=Yorkshire Post|date=2 June 2017 |access-date=9 June 2017}}

==Kilmarnock (loan)==

On 1 July 2016, Bojaj was loaned out to Kilmarnock. He made his debut two weeks later in a Scottish League Cup match against Clyde.

==Newport County (loan)==

On 10 January 2017, he joined Newport County on loan.{{cite web|url=http://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38576780|title=Huddersfield Town striker Flo Bojaj joins Newport County on loan|publisher= BBC Sport|date= 10 January 2017}} He made his only appearance for Newport in a League Two match against Colchester United as a 75th-minute substitute on 14 January.

=Welling United=

After a trial with St Albans City in the pre-season, Bojaj completed a move to National League South side Welling United on 8 September 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.stalbanscityfc.com/player/flo-bojaj/|title=Flo Bojaj|publisher= St Albans City|date= 11 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wellingunited.com/wp/wings-sign-ex-huddersfield-town-striker-flo-bojaj/|title=Wings sign ex Huddersfield striker|publisher= Welling United|date= 8 September 2017}}

On 11 October, it was announced that Bojaj had left the club by mutual consent after making three appearances.

= Walton & Hersham =

Upon his departure, he joined Combined Counties Premier Division club Walton & Hersham.{{Cite web|url=http://www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk/first-team/playersmanagement/|title=Profiles {{!}} Walton & Hersham Football Club|website=www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-20|archive-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221034507/http://www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk/first-team/playersmanagement/|url-status=dead}}

On 14 October, Bojaj made his debut in a 2–0 league win at Horley Town. He scored the first goal and won the penalty for the second.{{Cite web|url=http://www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk/club-news/horley-town-0-swans-2/|title=Horley Town 0 Swans 2 {{!}} Walton & Hersham Football Club|website=www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-20}}

The following month, he scored his first hat-trick in a 9–1 win against Banstead Athletic.{{Cite web|url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=17202038|title=Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League|website=fulltime-league.thefa.com|access-date=2017-12-20}}

=Etar=

On 17 July 2018, Bojaj signed with Bulgarian club Etar for two years.{{cite web | title = Етър с трансферен удар – привлече Флорент Боджадж | url = http://etarvt.bg/2018/07/17/etar-s-transferen-udar-privleche-florent-bodzhadzh/ | publisher = etarvt.bg | date = 17 July 2018 | language = Bulgarian}}

In January 2023, Bojaj signed for Southern League side Hanwell Town.{{cite tweet|user=hanwelltownfc|number=1616742928637894656|title=Morning Geordies Delighted to announce the signing of…|date=21 January 2023|accessdate=13 June 2023}}

International career

On 21 February 2012, Bojaj making his debut with Albania U17 in a friendly match against Slovenia U17. He came on as a substitute at 65th minute in place of Maldin Ymeraj.

In May 2016, after Kosovo was officially recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Bojaj declared that he was interested in representing Kosovo.{{cite web|url=http://zeri.info/sport/107728/ky-eshte-sulmuesi-qe-i-ofrohet-kosoves/|title=Ky është sulmuesi që i ofrohet Kosovës|language=Albanian|website= Zeri|date= 14 September 2016}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup !colspan="2"\|League cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Huddersfield Town \|2015–16{{soccerbase season\|79480\|2015\|accessdate=29 May 2017}} \|Championship \|8	1	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	8	1
Kilmarnock (loan) \|2016–17{{soccerbase season\|79480\|2016\|accessdate=29 May 2017}} \|Scottish Premiership \|2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
Newport County (loan) \|2016–17 \|League Two \|1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Welling United \|2017–18{{soccerway\|florent-bojaj/356241\|accessdate=16 December 2017}} \|National League South \|3	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	3	0
Walton & Hersham \|2017–18 \|Combined Counties Premier Division \|11	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	9
Pirin Blagoevgrad \|2017–18 \|rowspan="2"\|First League \|14	5	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	14	5
Etar Veliko Tarnovo \|2018–19 \|23	5	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	24	5
colspan="3"\|Career total !62	20	1	0	4	0	0	0	67	20